SPATIAL ACCESSION OF GREECE AND THE WESTERN REGION TO EU

SPATIAL PLAN OF WESTERN GREECE REGION GEOPHYSICAL MAP OF GREECE

WESTERN GREECE REGION

ELEVATION < 400 M COMPLETED AND PLANNED MAIN ROAD NETWORK OF GREECE COMPLETED AND PLANNED RAILWAY NETWORK OF GREECE

Main railway network Secondary railway network Railway network under consideration The main development corridors of Western Greece Region

1. The proposed new west development axis, which is subject to the completion of the western road axis (Kalamata - Pyrgos - Patras - Agrinio - Ioannina), the upgrading- electrification of the railway line Patras - Pyrgos - Kalamata and the creation of the railway line Ioannina - Agrinio - Kryoneri with waterway connections to the north of Patras. 2. The completion of the construction works (road and rail) of the part of PATHE from Corinth to Patras 3. The creation of the so-called "diagonal", which requires the drastic improvement of the road axis which connects Patras and Western Greece with the eastern axis “PATHE” and the central and northern Greece. Currently this connection is made ​​through Attica. The major transport projects related to the greater Patras area:

a. Bridge – junction Rion - Antirion (operating over 8 years) b. Western road axis (small parts under construction) c. Upgrading PATHE axis - section of Corinth - Patras (under construction) d. Western Train trans-European axis (there is only a preliminary study) e. Upgrading the railway network (Athens - Patras - Pyrgos - Kalamata) (part under construction: Kiato - Rhododendron) f. Strengthening of the air network (upgrading of the airport of Araxos or Andravida) g. Bypass Road for the greater Patras area (operating) n. Construction of the "diagonal" road axis (Patras – Antirrio - Nafpaktos - Amfissa - Lamia - Volos) (there is no study) NEW GENERAL URBAN PLAN OF PATRAS HISTORICAL CENTRE AND THE COASTAL ZONE NEW GENERAL URBAN PLAN OF PATRAS